Not to Profit from Open Source: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Open Source Software Development

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作者：

Lee, Jyh-An ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Sch Law, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

2008 IEEE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE | 2008年

关键词：

open source software; free software; nonprofit organizations; contract failure; government failure; market failure;

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中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

The papers explores the role of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in free or open source software (ROSS) development process. Based on two dominant NPO theories and a series of in-depth interviews with officials from NPOs in the ROSS discourse, this paper argues that NPOs have provided the social structure necessary to support the production of ROSS. By illustrating the role of these NPOs, this paper not only serves as a lens to understand the nonproprietary production process but also examines the robustness of the aforementioned NPO theories.

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页码：160 / 168

页数：9

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